Never knowingly undersolved
There were those complaining that Matilda’s last puzzle was ‘too hard’ (whatever that is) for a Quiptic. I don’t think you could lay that criticism at the door of this morning’s puzzle. All … Read more >>
A mainly straightforward Prize Puzzle this week. Thank you Imogen.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27381.
The last time I blogged a Chifonie puzzle, I said, ‘As with Rufus puzzles, it?s difficult to find anything new to say about Chifonie?s. They can usually be relied on to be straightforward, … Read more >>
Found this quite uneven in difficulty, with a few going straight in and the rest taking much, much longer. Not too much of a spoiler to say that there was a theme in the clues. Favourites were 23ac, 1dn, 13dn, and 16dn. Thanks to Boatman.
Puckish fun for a frosty Tuesday morning.
Pan’s turn in the Quiptic slot this week.
Typical Rufus fare…
I was away for a long weekend in Copenhagen when this puzzle was published and didn’t get round to tackling it until mid-week. At first read through, it was not looking promising and … Read more >>
This wasn’t easy, and the last two solutions had to wait until the rest of the blog was complete. Thanks to Vlad. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 7 Each one discarded … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27374.
Well, I knew it was a long time since I’d blogged an Arachne puzzle but I was rather amazed to find it’s over a year. Here’s Arachne on top form: deftly-hidden definitions [e.g. … Read more >>
Challenging fun – I particularly liked 5dn and 21dn. Thanks, Nutmeg.
Moley pokes her head from her burrow to deliver us this Monday’s Quiptic, then disappears back underground. A few strange clues in this one. Abbreviations cd cryptic definitions dd double … Read more >>
Perhaps not as many cryptic definitions as usual for Rufus, but quite a lot of double defs; in general, the usual undemanding Monday fare. Thanks to Rufus. … Read more >>